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AI processor designer Graphcore could be acquired by Arm, OpenAI, or Softbank.

Australia's National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub is set to use Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to push the boundaries of quantum computing.

A precision engineering and machining YouTuber noticed telltale shock diamonds' in the stream emitted by his Staples-branded canned air and felt compelled to investigate further. Using a Schlieren imaging setup the YouTuber confirmed that the air duster was pushing out a supersonic flow of gas.

The Acer Predator Triton 14 is currently available at Newegg for one of its lowest prices ever - just $799 instead of its usual rate of around $1,499.

Some retailers have prematurely put up the Core i9-14900KS, and it is clear the upcoming CPU will command a premium price.

Windows developer and tinkerer NTDev has optimized one of his tiny10 install disks so that it could install from zilch to the Windows 10 desktop in around 100 seconds.

Cooler Master has just introduced its GM2711S gaming monitor. It's a 27-inch IPS QHD flat panel with 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and a wide gamut. It's color accurate and offers premium video processing.

If your storage drive is full, there are many ways to your gigabytes back.

Softbank will allegedly set up an AI processor company to complement Arm.

A GPD blog post details numerous GPD G1 revisions and GPD Win 4 with the Ryuzen 7 8840U launching at the end of February.

Lian Li has announced a new series of PSUs dubbed the Edge series that re-locates the power connectors to a connecting interface at the bottom of the PSU to improve cable accessibility in vertical-mounted PSU cases.

Infamous for its rants about AMD and leaking early hardware samples, Userbenchmark will now be charging users to run its benchmark tool.

Right now at Newegg, the MSI Pro MP251 is available for $79, down from its going rate of around $104.

A leaked screenshot from a PC running an 8-core Lunar Lake CPU shows some interesting specifications.

In its price bracket, Nvidia's new entry-level RTX 3050 6GB was reviewed and benchmarked by TechPowerUp and found extremely lackluster performance compared to other GPUs. Cards like the RX 6600 and A750 cost just $20-$30 more yet are 60% quicker.

Two of the Q1 PC, which is the first-ever desktop PC made with a single-chip microprocessor, were found during routine waste clearing in London.

Kioxia proposes to make 3D NAND for SK Hynix to change its mind about its merger with Western Digital.

Intel is in talks with the U.S. government over a $10+ billion subsidies + loans package.

Tenstorrent's Jim Keller implies that architectural advancements of processors used for AI workloads are more important than making more AI processors.

Priced around $230, the ASRock PG Z790 Riptide provides users with everything the Z790 platform offers. This includes native 14th-gen support, capable power delivery, five M.2 sockets (one PCIe 5.0) and eight SATA ports, and an appearance (with RGBs) that fits most build themes.

The AGI AI818 is fairly underwhelming but could be useful as an ultra-cheap storage device for a secondary, gaming, or PS5 SSD. Its performance and efficiency however are lacking for laptop and primary desktop use.

Seagate reportedly second sources heating lasers for HAMR heads from Sony.

Elliot Coll shows off a cool tiny retrogaming handheld that features an RP2040 microprocessor with a design that resembles an original Game Boy.

ASML's revenues in calendar 2023 are by $3 billion dollars higher than Applied Materials's revenue in 2023.

Facing industry rumors of Xbox bowing out ahead of leaked exclusives being ported, Microsoft Xbox executives double down on the future of Xbox. Some questions remain on Xbox console hardware in the long-term, but the brand is here to stay.

A research paper has concluded that the slow pace of fab construction in the U.S. is largely down to suboptimal regulation.

Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has announced that its Snapdragon brand has finally arrived in the audible realm. It hopes its new sonic logo will become as iconic as the sounds associated with NBC, Netflix, and McDonald's.

A very rare LaserDisc prototype has been sold on eBay for the eye-watering sum of $1,000. Yet there is no content description for the Philips-made HD Mac 12 Glass Plate N.66733 - Laserdisc Prototype, which looks old and possibly deteriorating.

A GRU botnet using Moobot was installed on unsecured routers (including those belonging to many homes and small businesses) with default admin passwords.

PopCnt is a CPU instruction that will be required to run Windows 11 starting with 24H2. But unlike TPM or Secure Boot, enthusiasts have found that the PopCnt requirement cannot be bypassed. Any attempts to bypass it lead to boot failure.

Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI announced a new generative tool dubbed Sora (the Japanese word for sky). It is OpenAI's most ambitious development to date, able to generate complex high-definition videos up to a minute long from a text or image prompt.

The Meteor Lake-equipped MSI Claw was trounced by the Phoenix-powered ROG Ally in an early review, especially at low TDPs.

Cooler Master makes Mini LED affordable with the Tempest GP2711. It's a 27-inch QHD VA panel with 576 dimming zones, 165 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR 1000 and extended color. It also supports accurate color with selectable gamuts.

A recent Tweet from Printables.com highlights a Modular ITX PC Case designed by Haydn Bao, available on their website. We discuss in more detail.

Over 2,600 benchmark runs in SPEC CPU 2017 on Intel CPUs have been invalidated because of a very specific compiler optimization.

Nvidia's Eos supercomputer can offer 18.4 ExaFLOPS of FP8 AI performance.

Lian Li showed off a prototype of its next standing PC desk case project. The desk features a huge 30' transparent OLED display from LG that sits right above your PC components below.

Want to keep your old Windows 10 PC, but maintain support after October, 2025? Google says to use ChromeOS Flex.

With a third knocked off the price of this Corsair HS55 wired stereo gaming headset, you're getting a pair of fantastic gaming cans for just $39 - superb value.

gpulist.ai is perhaps the first and only website GPU clusters can be put up to rent.

Intel may be looking forward to expand or upgrade site near Leixlip, Ireland.

AMD readies Ryzen 8000GE and Ryzen Pro 8000GE processors with 35W wattage.

Nvidia becomes world's 4th most valuable company, TSMC is now world's 10th most valuable company.

AMD's Ryzen 7000 series CPUs with 3D-VCache technology are all on discounts right now, with the 7900X3D going on its best sale ever.

Chinese workshops recycle and modify the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti into AI accelerators during the AI boom.

Intel's most powerful 14th Generation Core processor will launch in about a month, according to sources speaking to Benchlife in China.

The latest update to MSI Afterburner trades Windows XP support for latency monitoring and PresentMon integration, with some apparently significant changes to the underlying code base.

Waveshare has released a new RP2040-based development board complete with SWD, UART and I2C access on the side.